It is a refreshing and enjoyable experience to be surrounded by colourful, optimistic paintings of cherry blossom, especially from an artist from whom we expect to see dead sheep in formaldehyde! The series, Hirst says, took him back to his childhood, when he watched his Irish mother painting cherry blossom. Damien Hirst's show in Paris lasts until January 2nd, 2022 at the Cartier Fondation for Modern Art on the left bank, not far from Montparnasse. The Bristol-born, Leeds and London trained artist has reached a certain maturity in decoration with this exhibition. He has also returned to a more traditional kind of painting. There are echoes of Jackson Pollock's action painting and the Pointillists in this exhibition. One has the impression of being in a forest of cherry trees. Since the beginning of his career as a painter, Damien Hirst has experimented with dabs or spots of colour. Earlier series were more controlled and schematic. In this latest series he appears more spon...